Book details

  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:168

When I Am an Old Man I Will Ride Horses

By Bill Lord

Overview

A memoir of an old man who recalls his life with horses and the people around them. The story begins when he is a little boy riding stick horses in his grandparents yard in northwestern Louisiana and follows his horse related experiences until the present time in the Ozark Mountains. It may make you laugh, it may make you cry but it will surely entertain you. The book is a series of stand-alone stories written over a period of 30 years.
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Description

In this memoir Bill recalls his life with horses from the time he was a child growing up in northwest Louisiana to the present. Different places and ages. Different horses and people. Some stories are sad, some are uplifting. A lot like living around horses. Written over a period of 30 years, this collection of stories recall individual incidences that occurred while riding or handling a horse. Each story is a stand alone event.
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About The Author

Bill has been involved with horses through much of his life. Now, as old man, he lives in rural Northwest Arkansas with his wife where they ride and care for their horses, dogs and cats. He was been published in professional journals and regional magazines and this is his first published book, a memoir. Bill is a retired regional administrator, an adjunct community college instructor in political science and sociology, a juvenile probation officer, a carpenter, a lay speaker in the Methodist Church, a storyteller, gardener and a few other things. His joy are his grandchildren, riding horses with his wife and friends, playing music and watching the seasons pass along the banks of Little Buffalo River. And, of course, writing stories.
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